• When Saturday
• Where At a golf course
• Who A man and his son
• What Lightning killed the man and injured his son
• NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Teenagers who spend 3 hours a day or more in front of the television are at risk of developing sleeping problem later in life, new research reports.
主要建筑物名：
The Capitol Capitol Hill The Pentagon White House Foggy Bottom Wall Street Buckingham Palace Downing Street Fleet Street
由于新闻报道时间的限制，不少机构的名称常 采用其缩略形式，即由该名称中数个词的首字母的 大写形式组成 如： PLO: the Palestine Liberation Organization
us.
It may involve current events, new initiative or ongoing projects or issues. But news is not only about what’s taking place of the day, it also concerns background analysis, opinions, human interest stories, etc.
The Skills for English News Listening
What is news?
1. News is a fresh report of events, facts, or opinions that people did not know before they read your story.
To know the structure of English news report To memorize the common words used in the English news To master a number of Acronym To know the different pronunciations of same number To do the exercise step by step To pay attention to the great domestic and foreign events
Civil Aviation Administration of China 中国民航总局
CBS
Columbia Broadcasting System 哥伦比亚广播公司
CE
Council of Europe 欧洲理事会
CIA
Central Intelligence Agencyቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱ中央情
CNN
Cable News Network 有限电视新闻公司（美）
• Who Teenagers
• What Teenagers may develop sleep problems
• When Later in their life
• How • Spending three hours or more in front of TV
• By EMMA ROSS, AP Medical Writer BANGKOK, Thailand-Asia’s bird flu death toll rose to 12 with the announcement Monday of two additional deaths, while China said it suspected the virus has reached poultry in one of its most remote corners
In long sentences, what can we focus on?
Five main wh-elements: English sentence, like a tree, is composed by
the trunk and leaves. Find the trunk and you will see the whole tree and then the wood.
新闻导语是新闻报道开头的第一段文字，也是最重 要的部分，通常是标题的展开形式，记者必须把新 闻时间的主要情节用一两句化概括在新闻导语的第 一段里。这是新闻报道的精华所在。按照新闻报道 的要求，导语尽可能回答５个Ｗ和一个Ｈ即Ｗhat （何事）、Ｗho（何人）、Ｗhere（何地）、Ｗhy （为何）和Ｈow（如何）。这个观点曾被西方新闻 界视为金科玉律，但是由于新闻导语趋于愈来愈 短，因此，新闻导语现在一般未必包含所有的新闻 要素，而是突出其中最重要的新闻要素，其他要素 可放在以下的段落。
需要注意的是，听者不仅要了解这些缩略语的确切 含义，而且还应知道它们的正确读音
APEC, OPEC, IMF, UNESCO, CPPCC, NATO, IOC, IRC, WTO, WHO, WB
ABC American Broadcasting Company 美国广播公司
AL Arab League 阿拉伯联盟
APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation 亚太经济合作组织
ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations 东南亚国家联盟（东盟）
BBC British Broadcasting Corporation
英国广播公司
CAAC
Kabul Brussels Rangoon Ottawa Toronto Phnom Penh Santiago － San Diego
Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel
Jakarta Tehran Baghdad Jerusalem
Saudi Arabia
Mecca
The United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Dubai
新闻就是针对人们读你的报道以前还不知道的事
件、事实或观点的一种全新报道。
2. News is anything timely that interests a number of
persons, and the best news is that which has the greatest interest of the greatest number.
EFTA
European Free Trade Association
欧洲自由贸易联盟
EU European Union 欧盟 FAO
Food and Agricultural Organization 粮食及农业组织（粮农组织）
FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation 美国）联邦调查局
The Inverted Pyramid Form
News Structure
The lead Every hard news article starts with a
lead — the first 1-2 sentences that summarize the most interesting point of the article. The lead should be brief yet catchy , giving the reader an instant sense of what the article is about and making him or her want to read more.
凡是及时的、能引起一部分人兴趣的东西, 便是新 闻。而最好的新闻则是那种能够激起最大多数人最
大兴趣的东西。
3. News is any event, idea or opinion that is timely, that interests or affects a large number of people in a community and that is capable of being understood by them. 新闻是指人们能及时获悉的事件、观点或见解，
G.7 Group of Seven 西方七国集团 GATT
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 关税及贸易总协议
UNESCO
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 联合国教科文组织
• DENVER, Colorado (AP) A lightning strike at a golf course driving range Saturday killed a man and injured his 16-year-old son, a fire department spokeswoman said
A general pattern in a news story is an invertedpyramid style. It moves from the most important to the least important. The main idea usually occurs in the first one or two sentences.
UNHCR
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 联合国难民事务高级专员办事处